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Gary Johnston, KI4LA, of Edgewood, Kentucky, will keep his seat as
Vice Director of the Great Lakes Division. On Friday, November 21,
ARRL staff members opened ballots for the Director and Vice Director
races in the Delta Division and the Vice Director race in the Great
Lakes Division. The leadership team in the Atlantic, Dakota and
Midwest Divisions will remain the same. Terms for Directors and Vice
Directors begin at noon on January 1, 2009 and run for three years.
The following ran unopposed and were declared the winner of their
elections by the Leagues Ethics and Elections Committee, Atlantic
Division Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR, and Vice Director Tom
Abernethy, W3TOM, Dakota Division Director Jay Bellows, K0QB, and
Vice Director Greg Widin, K0GW, Midwest Division Director Bruce
Frahm, K0BJ, and Vice Director Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, and Great Lakes
Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE. The rules state that if a
candidate is running unopposed, he or she shall be declared the
winner without balloting. Incumbent ARRL Delta Division Director
Henry Leggette, WD4Q, of Memphis, Tennessee did not seek re election
this term. Two candidates, current Vice Director Karl Bullock,
WA5TMC, of Ripley, Mississippi, and former Louisiana Section Manager
Mickey Cox, K5MC, of West Monroe, were nominated for this seat.
With 1148 votes, Cox was declared the new Delta Division Director,
Bullock received 993 votes. With Bullock seeking the Director
position, this left the Vice Director position open, with Ariel
Elam, K4AAL, of Antioch, Tennessee, and Arkansas Section Manager
David Norris, K5UZ, of Batesville, in the hunt for this post. Norris
won the seat with 1399 votes, Elam received 746 votes. Three people
were nominated for the position of Vice Director in the Great Lakes
Division, Incumbent Gary Johnston, KI4LA, of Edgewood, Kentucky,
former Kentucky Section Manager John Meyers, NB4K, of Butler, and
Michigan Section Affiliated Club Coordinator Daniel Romanchik,
KB6NU, of Ann Arbor. Johnston will keep his seat, as he garnered
1218 votes in a very close race. Romanchik received 1205 votes and
Meyers received 1155 votes. The next scheduled Division elections
are next Fall for the Central, Hudson, New England, Northwestern and
Roanoke ARRL Divisions. In accordance with Leagues Bylaws, ballots
will be counted on November 20, 2009‚
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